Private for-profit · Community college
Athena Career Academy
Toledo, Ohio · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $22,886
- Avg net price
- 52%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Athena Career Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Toledo, Ohio (large city setting), enrolling 516 undergraduates.
About Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States, of which it is also the county seat. The French established trading posts in the area by 1680 to take advantage of the lucrative fur trade. The Odawa moved from Manitoulin Island and the Bruce Peninsula at the invitation of the French, who established a trading post at Fort Detroit, about 60 miles to the north. Toledo is home to a range of classical performing arts institutions, including the Toledo Opera, Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Toledo Jazz Orchestra and Toledo Ballet. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 7 miles to Toledo, OH
- To Great Lakes shore
- 13 miles
- Nearest airport
- 8 miles to Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express (TOL)
How Athena Career Academy compares
More selective than 57% · #6 most selective of 15 in Ohio
Higher than 39% · #110 of 168 in Ohio
Higher than 16%
Cheaper than 23% · #114 cheapest of 155 in Ohio
Lower than 17%
Lower than 23%
Larger than 63%
Percentiles compare Athena Career Academy with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Ohio.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women48794%
- Men296%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White6.8%
- Black85%
- Hispanic3.1%
- Asian0.6%
- Other or multiracial4.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 516
- Student–faculty ratio
- 21 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 76%
- First-generation students
- 54%
- Students over 25
- 90%
- Median family income
- $18,058
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $55,116
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $22,886
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 78.0%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
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- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 52%
- First-year retention
- 55%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $48,406
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,120
- Students with federal loans
- 90%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 15%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $120
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (516 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 3% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $300. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 76 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 35″
- Annual snow
- 37.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Toledo Express AP, OH US station (7.3 mi from campus).
What Athena Career Academy graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.